American Biographies

Click on an individual for a listing of resourceful websites in the following format: biographical, primary source related documents, and curriculum based sites!

Samuel Adams (1722-1803) Biography Guide to Research Collections	John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) Biography Clay Compromise Measures Speech "Sectionalism in Antibellum America" Unit	Henry Clay (1771-1852) Biography Speech on Jackson's veto of bank bill Henry Clay Center
Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) Biography Papers of Jefferson Davis	Frederick Douglass (ca. 1817-1895) Biography Frederick Douglass Papers Douglass Speeches Lesson Plans	Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Biography Franklin Autobiography PBS Lesson Plan/Teacher Guide
King George III (1738-1820) Biography Letter on loss of America Interactive Website	Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) Biography Grant Papers and Research Guide for Students	Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) Biography Hamilton Letters Virtual Tour / Lesson Plans
Patrick Henry (1736-1799) Biography Henry Speeches and Letters Teacher Resources	Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) Biography Letters and Writings Monticello Classroom	Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) Biography Papers of Andrew Jackson Fun Lesson Ideas
John Paul Jones (1747-1792) Biography Birth of the U.S. Flag???	Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) Biography Images & Documents Lesson Plans	Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) Biography Robert E. Lee Papers Virtual Museum Exhibit
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) Biography Timeline Lincoln Papers Enchanted Learning Tools Traveling Trunks!	James Madison (1751-1836) Biography James Madison Papers Lesson Plans	John Marshall (1755-1835) Biography Works and Papers of Marshall Justice in the Classroom Program
George Mason (1725-1792) Biography Historic Documents Elementary Lesson Secondary Lesson	James Monroe (1758-1831) Biography Monroe Doctrine Lesson Plans	Thomas Paine (1737-1809) Biography Paine Writings Lesson Plan - "Common Sense"
William Penn (1644-1718) Biography Writings and Letters William Penn Foundation	Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) Biography Stanton Essays and Speeches "The Destructive Male" Speech 4th-5th Grade Lesson MS Lesson	Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Biography Thoreau Books and Essays The Walden Woods Project
George Washington (1732-1799) Biography Papers of George Washington All Level Lesson Plans	Daniel Webster (1782-1852) Biography Writings and Speeches Webster Estate and Heritage Center
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) Biography Susan B. Anthony Letters Collection 3rd/4th Grade Susan B. Anthony Lesson 6th-8th Grade Susan B. Anthony Lesson	Omar Bradley (1893-1981) Biography Memo from Bradley assessing SE Asia	William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) Biography Famous WJB Quotes Text/Audio - A Cross of Gold Speech Election of 1896 Lesson Plan Silver v. Gold Secondary Lesson
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) Biography Philanthropic Legacy Carnegie Writings Role of Philanthropy Lesson Industrial Age in America Lesson	Shirley Chisholm (1924- ) Biography	Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) Biography
Eugene Debs (1855-1926) Biography	William E. B. Dubois (1868-1963) Biography	General Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) Biography
Henry Ford (1863-1947) Biography	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) Biography	Robert LaFollette (1855-1925) Biography
Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974) Biography	Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) Biography	Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) Biography
Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) Biography	George Marshall (1880-1959) Biography	Georgia O'Keefe (1887-1986) Biography
George Patton Jr. (1885-1945) Biography	Henry Ross Perot (1930-) Biography	John J. Pershing (1860-1948) Biography
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) Biography	Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) Biography	Harry S Truman (1884-1972) Biography
George Wallace (1919-) Biography

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